Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8861H

BAE SYSTEMS PLC

01 March 2010

 



BAE Systems plc (the "Company"): Transaction in own shares

BAE Systems plc announces that it has purchased the following number of its ordinary shares of 2.5p each via UBS Investment Bank. BAE Systems plc intends to hold the purchased shares in treasury.

Date of purchase:                                                         01 March 2010

Number of ordinary shares purchased:                          2,000,000

Highest price paid per share:                                         379.2p

Lowest price paid per share:                                         373p

Volume weighted average price paid per share:             377.2411p

Following the purchase of these shares, BAE Systems plc holds 56,997,418 of its ordinary shares in treasury and has 3,528,362,591 ordinary shares in issue (excluding treasury shares).

 

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